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my town got whacked by hurricane sandy. there are a million things that have to be done in the wake of such a devastating natural disaster. the problem is that i do not have a centralized notebook full of names and phone numbers for people who could help me. many of us have that on a computer, but we don't have rirnt net service on the island. get a notebook. keep a pithy notebook like this one. get a notebook. you jot down all the people that you know who can fix anything. their name, their cell phone number, their email address. anything! all right. then you put down the deli guy and the doctor and the cops and the -- and all of that. everything in one little book. you call it the disaster book. and there it is. so when this happens, you have all those numbers. factor tip of the day. i wish hitaken my own advice. check out the fox news factor web site, different from bill o'reilly dot-com. if you would like to spout off about the factor, name approximate town if you wish to opine. word of the day, do not be craven when wr
my town got whacked by hurricane sandy. there are a million things that have to be done in the wake of such a devastating natural disaster. the problem is that i do not have a centralized notebook full of names and phone numbers for people who could help me. many of us have that on a computer, but we don't have rirnt net service on the island. get a notebook. keep a pithy notebook like this one. get a notebook. you jot down all the people that you know who can fix anything. their name, their...
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and 72 hours since super storm sandy barreled head-long into the jersey shore. since then very serious stuff. whole neighborhoods like breezy point, queens, have been burned to the ground. houses have tumbled into the ocean. 87 people have died. seven million have lost power. and there are estimates that the storm could cost $50 billion. whole stretches of new york subway system are paralyzed. and that's forced thousands of commuters into their cars and in search of fuel. unfortunately, the majority of gas stations in new jersey are shut down and about 75% of them because they have no gas no power or they're out of both. new york senator chuck schumer assured frustrated citizens the gas crisis should end shortly but tensions still ran high. this is one scene outside of one of the few open stations in brooklyn. [horns honking] >> i tried to go to queens. i've been to at least 15 gas station but the traffic is unbelievable. it is like something you see in the movies. >> jennifer: the aftermath of the storm threatens our election. if communities struggle to recover
and 72 hours since super storm sandy barreled head-long into the jersey shore. since then very serious stuff. whole neighborhoods like breezy point, queens, have been burned to the ground. houses have tumbled into the ocean. 87 people have died. seven million have lost power. and there are estimates that the storm could cost $50 billion. whole stretches of new york subway system are paralyzed. and that's forced thousands of commuters into their cars and in search of fuel. unfortunately, the...
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they think there's some sort of bounce for the president on sandy. nobody can point to any metric yet to prove this, but when you think about where things were a week ago, a week ago there was this assumption that, boy, all the intangibles here at the end were going to -- >> let me -- >> -- to romney. now it feels there's intangibles that may favor the president. >> i get the sense that the love of romney by the right and other political players is based on sand in this case. and guys like the governor of new jersey and all the voices out there that haven't come to romney's help this week, they don't love him enough to say, wait a minute, forget this storm, this guy is great. >> i don't know. >> i don't hear a lot of that. >> it's like mark rypien as the redskins quarterback. they loved him when he won the super bowl. >> i think they decided romney is good enough to win the super bowl -- >> do you think this is a question of not having a lot of strong personal support and love for the guy? i don't hear a lot of people saying, we are still for this gu
they think there's some sort of bounce for the president on sandy. nobody can point to any metric yet to prove this, but when you think about where things were a week ago, a week ago there was this assumption that, boy, all the intangibles here at the end were going to -- >> let me -- >> -- to romney. now it feels there's intangibles that may favor the president. >> i get the sense that the love of romney by the right and other political players is based on sand in this case....
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thanks to hurricane sandy, that is not actually how it worked out. nobody knows exactly how this particular october surprise hurricane is going to affect the technical act of voting. we have had some early voting suspensions and voter registration deadlines and absentee ballot deadlines change in a lot of states directly affected so there may be a technical direct effect of the storm, but more broadly, and especially in terms of these key swing states, this storm is a major unexpected external variable that, frankly, rivals the election in terms of the country's attention. it turns out this october surprise does have political salience. at least in this sense. the most eagerly awaited endorsement in this presidential race happened just before the storm. right? that was colin powell. president obama today actually released an ad highlighting the colin powell endorsement. >> will you endorse president obama? >> yes. when he took over, we were in one of the worst recessions we had seen in recent times. close to a depression. and i saw over the next seve
thanks to hurricane sandy, that is not actually how it worked out. nobody knows exactly how this particular october surprise hurricane is going to affect the technical act of voting. we have had some early voting suspensions and voter registration deadlines and absentee ballot deadlines change in a lot of states directly affected so there may be a technical direct effect of the storm, but more broadly, and especially in terms of these key swing states, this storm is a major unexpected external...
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how the government should handle disasters like hurricane sandy which stossel says may upset you. earlying in -- early voting in >> bill: stossel matter segment tonight estimated damage caused between 30 and $50 billion. much of that will be picked up by the taxpayer. our pal john stossel says that is not good. he joins us now. so about 20 years ago, you know a little beach house, lavish beach house out on long island got swept away by a hurricane, right? >> right. gone. totally gone. i think we have pictures of that. do we have pictures of that we can put up there. stossel's house floats out to the sea. 20 years later that same area got hit hard and you say, what? >> i say the government should stop ensuring areas like that and people like me stupid enough to build on the edge of oceans. >> bill: you say that's not stossel's house. i thought we had picture but i made a mistake. you say if you buy a water front property that money, what if anybody wants to insurance you. what is that? >> take your own risk. the private insurance market is saying in a risky place. don't build there
how the government should handle disasters like hurricane sandy which stossel says may upset you. earlying in -- early voting in >> bill: stossel matter segment tonight estimated damage caused between 30 and $50 billion. much of that will be picked up by the taxpayer. our pal john stossel says that is not good. he joins us now. so about 20 years ago, you know a little beach house, lavish beach house out on long island got swept away by a hurricane, right? >> right. gone. totally...
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you don't want to be too crass but hurricane sandy has been a political opportunity for the president and to act presidential, to be presidential, and then the embrace by chris christie who gave the keynote speech against him at the republican convention, obviously, sort of a turning point in maybe the last turning point in this election and if i could, also just throw out one other economic stat that we should be paying attention to, we focus on this jobs report but also important is consumer confidence and that has been increasing dramatically, look at august, september and now october, consumer confidence is going straight up. and that's sort of a measure of how people feel about the economy, how things are doing. they're willing to spend again. that probably benefits the president. there's sort of an economic era of good feeling out there right now that's beginning to creep into the electorate. that's probably good for president obama as well. so some good news for the president going into this. but romney just gave a speech and he said four more days, four more days. republicans
you don't want to be too crass but hurricane sandy has been a political opportunity for the president and to act presidential, to be presidential, and then the embrace by chris christie who gave the keynote speech against him at the republican convention, obviously, sort of a turning point in maybe the last turning point in this election and if i could, also just throw out one other economic stat that we should be paying attention to, we focus on this jobs report but also important is consumer...
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>> see you in one hour from now, all of the latest on the aftermath of sandy. piers morgan starts right now. >>> good evening. breaking news. looking live at staten island in new york, still under water three days after sandy's fury. this is the next problem, long lines at gas stations. drivers getting angry, very, very angry. 88 deaths and at least 37 in new york city. why is it taking so long to fix this? i'll speak to one of the top people at con edison. residents are pleading for help of the storm that tossed boats around like toys. i'll talk to some of them in just a moment. and another huge storm could hit next week. i'll talk to chad myers about that. in the wake of a superstorm, climate change. and five days until election day. listen to what mitt romney said in virginia beach earlier. >> would you want four more years where -- i think it will be helpful to have a president who actually understands job creation. >> our cnn orc pochlt shows obama at 50 and romney at 48. we begin with one of the hardest hit areas from hurricane sandy, staten island where
>> see you in one hour from now, all of the latest on the aftermath of sandy. piers morgan starts right now. >>> good evening. breaking news. looking live at staten island in new york, still under water three days after sandy's fury. this is the next problem, long lines at gas stations. drivers getting angry, very, very angry. 88 deaths and at least 37 in new york city. why is it taking so long to fix this? i'll speak to one of the top people at con edison. residents are pleading...
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there's no doubt hurricane sandy has many people in need of assistance. they need water, food, and clothes among other things. and there's a number of ways to help. you can visit fema.gov and click on volunteer and donate to find ways to donate to specific states in need of help. you can also visit redcross.org and click on "donate funds" to give to any red cross chapter. hurricane sandy has also caused a blood shortage because of blood drive cancelations. to find out where you can donate blood, visit redcrossblood.org. meanwhile, the storm has forced two major new york city hospitals to evacuate. backup generators failed at bellevue hospital and nyu langone medical center. hundreds of patients had to evacuate including patients in critical condition and 20 babies from the intensive care unit. doctors described the evacuations as labor intensive and extremely difficult. joining me tonight is a hero, a nurse. laurie, one of the hero nurses who helped evacuate premature and sick babies when nyu's langone hospital lost power during hurricane sandy. did you k
there's no doubt hurricane sandy has many people in need of assistance. they need water, food, and clothes among other things. and there's a number of ways to help. you can visit fema.gov and click on volunteer and donate to find ways to donate to specific states in need of help. you can also visit redcross.org and click on "donate funds" to give to any red cross chapter. hurricane sandy has also caused a blood shortage because of blood drive cancelations. to find out where you can...
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that was a state affected by sandy. all of those really interesting trends, different trends for unemployment. >> what is the cut-off date for the numbers? the end of the month? >> it was two weeks in the middle of the month. you are not going to have sandy impacts in these numbers for the october jobless reports. they are not in the numbers. >> interesting. thank you so much. the jobs report is likely to impact voters in the state of ohio. we are going hone in there. our chief business correspondent is going to join us from toledo. you can watch anytime on your desktop or mobile phone. go to cnn.com/tv. look, if you have copd like me, you know it can be hard to breathe, and how that feels. copd includes chronic bronchitis and emphysema. spiriva helps control my copd symptoms by keeping my airways open for 24 hours. plus, it reduces copd flare-ups. spiriva is the only once-daily inhaled copd maintenance treatment that does both. spiriva handihaler tiotropium bromide inhalation powder does not replace fast-acting inhaler
that was a state affected by sandy. all of those really interesting trends, different trends for unemployment. >> what is the cut-off date for the numbers? the end of the month? >> it was two weeks in the middle of the month. you are not going to have sandy impacts in these numbers for the october jobless reports. they are not in the numbers. >> interesting. thank you so much. the jobs report is likely to impact voters in the state of ohio. we are going hone in there. our...
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a new problem stirring up in sandy creek. we were just talking about it with christine's personal problems, finding gas. extremely long lines for fuel, for cars, and also for generators. >> waited an hour and a half and got nothing. >> frustration turns into anger. sometimes it's just out and out rage. one man was charged with pulling a gun on another driver, happened in queens, when the guy tried to cut in the line. the shortages might not end for another week. rob marciano is following all this rush. really getting ugly, isn't it, rob? >> it is. day four now, into this crisis, and food and water and other supplies, certainly at a minimum. but the gasoline situation for people who are just trying to get out and around, go to work and such, is certainly becoming a bad deal. gas stations that don't have power obviously can't pump gas. but the ones that do have power don't have the gas because jersey shut down a lot of their gasoline refineries before the storm, and many of those were damaged. so, governor chris christie has ac
a new problem stirring up in sandy creek. we were just talking about it with christine's personal problems, finding gas. extremely long lines for fuel, for cars, and also for generators. >> waited an hour and a half and got nothing. >> frustration turns into anger. sometimes it's just out and out rage. one man was charged with pulling a gun on another driver, happened in queens, when the guy tried to cut in the line. the shortages might not end for another week. rob marciano is...
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the first is the gas shortage crippling new jersey and new york after hurricane sandy brought much of the northeast to a standstill. state troopers and local police have deploy to the remaining gas stations in the new york city metro area and still have gas and power, those few that do, as agonizingly long lines have frayed the nerves and are now adding to the problems that are gripping residents who are now entering their fourth night without power or heat. most gas stations in the region remain closed. those that are open are facing very angry customers that are forced to wait hours to have a chance to fill up their cars. the temperatures in the northeast are dropping. mass transit in both states is barely running and driving around on already congested city is becoming downright perilous. we are hearing reports of violence with one queens man, reportedly pulling a gun on another motorist at a gas station. here in new york city, local news stations are reporting that residents are digging through dumpsters for food. where is president obama? after his photohelpop with chris christie
the first is the gas shortage crippling new jersey and new york after hurricane sandy brought much of the northeast to a standstill. state troopers and local police have deploy to the remaining gas stations in the new york city metro area and still have gas and power, those few that do, as agonizingly long lines have frayed the nerves and are now adding to the problems that are gripping residents who are now entering their fourth night without power or heat. most gas stations in the region...
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now north carolina city after suffering through sandy is thinking, well, this thing is so real we've got to start taking precautions to which i say of course! >> experts now wonder if the massive storm surge that flood lower manhattan and washed away parts of the jersey shore could have been solved by sea barriers. now two engineering firms are preparing massive shields like these near the harbor. a wall i lie lies flat in the harbor and then comes up to protect the storm surge. they have them in london and the netherlands operating 4 24 hours a day. >> we have the whole man here, you're the senior science journalist for the "huffington post." okay, we we could put walls up, but shouldn't we go to the source of the problem fossil fuels. >> you have to mitigate the effects because in some respects it is a little too late to reverse this problem. but you also want to work as hard as you can to stop it from getting any worse. we can talk about this kind of two degree celsius problem, and we can get to the technical stuff. but the truth is it's already gotten so bad and even if we stoppe
now north carolina city after suffering through sandy is thinking, well, this thing is so real we've got to start taking precautions to which i say of course! >> experts now wonder if the massive storm surge that flood lower manhattan and washed away parts of the jersey shore could have been solved by sea barriers. now two engineering firms are preparing massive shields like these near the harbor. a wall i lie lies flat in the harbor and then comes up to protect the storm surge. they have...
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the way obama handled his response to hurricane sandy. he showed leadership at a time when the nation was crying out for leadership, said bloomberg. and not only that, bloomberg noted that obama alone realizes the importance of climate change that climate change is one of the causes of sandy's powerful punch, and unlike mitt romney president obama is committed to doing something about climate change in his second term. good for michael bloomberg. it is an issue that the united states must take the lead on, and president obama will show that leadership in his second term. that's it for this week folks. get out and call your friends and knock on doors, and we'll come back and talk about it on monday.
the way obama handled his response to hurricane sandy. he showed leadership at a time when the nation was crying out for leadership, said bloomberg. and not only that, bloomberg noted that obama alone realizes the importance of climate change that climate change is one of the causes of sandy's powerful punch, and unlike mitt romney president obama is committed to doing something about climate change in his second term. good for michael bloomberg. it is an issue that the united states must take...